-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 05/09/07 08:12, Joe Hart wrote: > Tom Grove wrote: >> Hello all...I am new to this Debian thing :-) I used it in the Woody >> days but moved over to the FreeBSD world for the last few years. I >> recently installed Testing (Lenny) and see the left bracket in my >> /usr/bin directory and do not know what it is. When I ls -al it I get: > >> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 24752 2007-01-30 13:51 /usr/bin/[ > >> This leads me to believe that it was installed with the base system or >> some package because I just installed the system earlier this week. Any >> help is much appreciated. Thanks. > > I also have this file, and when I type man [, the manual for test shows > up. Now why this is I have no idea. If I try the command (since it is > executable) I get : bash: [: missing `]' > > This is beyond my comprehension.
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